The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term IVR in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IVR over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Northamptonshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
Rank 31 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing IVR 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 0.397% 1.202% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.333% 7.246% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £314 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £380 £391
% change year-on-year
+1.97% -2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.96 - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
30 69 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 11.90% 16.59% 12.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 41 18
Average daily rate £425 £413 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +106.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £253 £172
10% offered a daily rate of more than £680 £500 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
Average hourly rate £30.00 £20.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +86.04%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
IVR
East Midlands

IVR
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing IVR across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Northamptonshire IVR Jobs Demand Trend

IVR
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing IVR across the Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire IVR Daily Rate Trend

IVR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IVR within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northampton - 1 £314 -
IVR
East Midlands

IVR
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing IVR also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IVR.

1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Capita
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center

IVR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing IVR also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited IVR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) WebSphere
General
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Voice Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Defect Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) HP
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Avaya
1 1 (33.33%) Capita